The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stake

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The United States and China are intensifying competition in artificial intelligence by focusing on developing AI systems capable of recursive self-improvement—AI that can autonomously enhance its own capabilities. Leading companies are leveraging AI to automate coding, experiment design, and training, heightening the race for technological dominance.

The US-China race for artificial intelligence dominance has entered a new phase: using AI to build better AI. Leading AI companies in the United States and China are increasingly focused on deploying advanced models to write code, design experiments, and develop training techniques that can be used to improve more powerful models. The ultimate goal is to achieve what the industry refers to as recursive self-improvement (RSI) – the creation of AI systems that can train themselves...